wrest

• Verbo usado para indicar a ação de arrancar ou tomar algo de alguém à força, frequentemente com esforço ou luta.

A verb used to indicate the act of forcibly pulling or taking something away from someone, often with effort or struggle.

1. Seize forciblyC1formal

   To obtain or pull something away from someone or something by using force or violence.

   Arrancar à força

   • The knight wrested the sword from his opponent's hand.
   • She wrested the steering wheel from him to avoid the crash.
   • He wrested control of the company from his rival.

   Sinônimosextractforcesnatchtwistwrenchwringyank

   Antônimosgiveofferreturnsurrenderyield

2. Obtain with effortC1formal

   To gain or extract something, such as power, information, or a victory, through great effort or struggle.

   Obter com esforço

   • The team wrested victory from the jaws of defeat.
   • The journalist wrested the truth from the reluctant witness.
   • They wrested a narrow majority in the election.

   Sinônimosextortextractforcepulltwistwrenchwringyank